O.W.L.s (and the importance of blood)

[jlv230]

No: HPFGUIDX 132451

> AD:
> 
> 1. Potions
> 2. Transfiguration
> 3. Charms
> 4. DADA 
> 5. Divination
> 6. Arithmancy
> 7. Care of Magical Creatures
> 8. Ancient Runes
> 9. Muggle Studies
> 10. Astronomy
> 11. Herbology
> 12. History of Magic
> 
> That's all I can think of.  
> 
> Amiable Dorsai

I just thought I'd throw into the mix the fact that, over here in 
the UK, you can get 1-3 GCSEs in Science (either as 'single 
science', 'double science' or 'separate sciences') and two GCSEs in 
English (English Language and English Literature). Each time you 
would choose how many you want to take before you do the exams 
though (although each different school has different policies on 
which subjects you would take). The upshot is that you opted to 
do 'separate sciences' and only just failed all three, you wouldn't 
get anything. It is very possible for some people to 'only' get 
three GCSEs on this basis, as passisng isn't easy, but some people 
do get 12 or more top grades.

Given this real life situation, I wouldn't be surprised if some core 
subjects offered more than one owl per class, and other classes 
didn't. This would make 12 a fairly achievablwe goal for the Bills, 
Percys and Hermiones amongst us. Of course, it may be another case 
of JKR getting her numbers muddled again...

JLV xx